738 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



45,203 barrels cod roe, at $12 $542,436 



95,345 barrels cod-liver oil, at $16 1, 525, 520 



4,989,450 kilos. (10,999,741 pounds) fish guauo. . ^ 



1,754,800 kilos. (4,008,032 pouuds) fresh lish ... } 400, 000 



1,270,348 pieces of lobster ) 



Total .,. 13, 427, 776 



1877. 



21,080,000 kilos. (46,472,908 pounds) dried fish, at $9.20 per 



100 kilos $1,939,300 



45,870,000 kilos. (101,135,002 pounds) lilpJiscJi, at $8.20 per 



100 kilos 3,761,340 



5,100 barrels of large herring ^ at $4.70 ^ 



16,600 barrels spring herring , , ^ per bar- > 3, 209, 630 



061,200 barrels summer herring, brisling, «S:c . . ' rel. ) 



53,700 barrels cod-roe, at $6.60 408, 120 



130,000 barrels liver oil, at $14.80 1, 932, 880 



80,000 barrels salted cod, at $5.40 432, 000 



Fish and lobster guano, valued at 300, 000 



Total . 12, 043, 330 



(The official detailed lists of 1877 are not yet published.) 

 Adding for the production of the small daily fisheries and the con- 

 sumption in the country itself of about $5,000,000 a year, the total value 

 of the Norwegian fisheries amounts to, for 1876, $17,427,776, and for 

 1877, $16,043,330 — a large amount for a country having hardly two mill- 

 ions of inhabitants. 



2.. Value at the fisheries.* 



Winter and spring fisheries : , 



Cod $3,022,00C 



Summer fisheries: 



Pollack, liug, molve, &c 500,000 



Herring (including brisling or sprats) .... 2, 188, 000 



Mackerel 174,000 



Salmon 128, 000 



Lobster 100,000 



Total 6,172,000 



3. Statistics of the winter and spring fisheries. 



a. Fisliermen. 



Total number '. $62, 757 



Those using nets exclusively 19, 790 



Those using lines exclusively - . . . 16, 525 



Those using bottom lines or palancres (trawls) 6, 804 



* Five f raucs considered as a dollar. 



